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Haymarket Books Will Provide Free Black History E-Books to Florida Students
Books are "dangerous to those in power.... that's why we publish them," Haymarket Books said in a press release.

2 Florida School Districts Order Teachers to Cover or Remove Books in Classrooms
Florida is becoming "a laboratory of fascism," one critic noted in response to the book bans.

Florida Teachers Cover Books in Classrooms Over Fear of Anti-“WOKE” Laws
The new law is "a very scary attack on fundamental rights," one educator noted.

As the Public Focuses on Book Bans, the Right Is Quietly Defunding Libraries
To protect libraries, we need to fight defunding as hard as we fight book bans.

North Dakota Anti-LGBTQ Bill Would Imprison Librarians for Not Removing Books
"We stand opposed to censorship," the North Dakota Library Association said in a statement against the proposal.

School Librarians Are in the Crosshairs of Right-Wing Book Banners and Censors
Right-wing groups are escalating efforts to remove books that address race, gender and sexuality from school libraries.

Dept of Education Opens Inquiry Into Texas District That Banned LGBTQ Books
The district's superintendent was recorded expressing anti-trans viewpoints.

Disinvestment Poses as Great a Threat to Libraries as Book Bans
It's time we reversed the decades of structural attacks that render libraries unable to serve communities effectively.

Resolutions in Congress Seek to Condemn Far Right Book Bans Across US
Book bans affecting marginalized communities threaten "freedom of expression in the United States," the resolution says.